Opinion

Schools can nurture being waste wise

Schools not only play a significant role in education but also have a vital role in establishing sustainable cultures that are practiced within the wider community.

LETTERS: Motorbike accident

Kia Orana, A young Fijian man had a bike accident near the end of the airport runway at 3am. It is believed that stray dogs were involved. This is a call out to the Fijian community to rally around him while he’s convalescing at home. Waka comes from a small island that was decimated by […]

Kata: $18K Missing

LETTERS: Lost tourists and duty of care

Kia orana editor, There was a recent front-page story about tourists who became disoriented and lost their way while doing the cross-island trek. In response, the Police media spokesman seemed to think that prosecution of lost tourists to recover the costs of potential rescue efforts might be a way to deter such occurrences. In fact, […]

Kata: Punanga Nui market toilets

Kata: Citizens against Corruption

Kata: Lawyers

OPINION: Follow the rules or follow the fools?

“Rules were made for fools to follow and wise men to be guided by,” said British statesman Winston Churchill.

Kata: Manuae trust

Kakerori record breaking numbers

The Kakerori or Rarotonga Flycatcher found in the rugged interior of Rarotonga, as well as now on Atiu, has conservationists flapping with joy from this year’s Kakerori census, writes Alanna Smith of Te Ipukarea Society.

LETTERS: ‘Rubbish not picked up’

Dear Editor It is with some regret that I have turned to your newspaper in order to bring attention to selected items of rubbish not picked up on our Tuesdays rubbish collection. Local neighbours in our vicinity take the time to select and separate tins, plastic and bottles into specific containers but as the picture […]

LETTERS: Proposed medicinal cannabis plan

Dear Editor, What it means for individuals who require access to cannabis for medicinal purposes. This is by no means a blueprint for our medicinal cannabis plan but merely an outline or rough draft if you will, based somewhat on Canada’s plan in 2016 for medicinal cannabis before they legalised all marijuana use. Individuals with a medical […]

Kata: Cannabis reform

LETTERS: ‘Save Nukupure Park’

The other night, there was a CITV news item about the newly-elected Ngatangiia MP, Kaka Ama showing the damage to the Nukupure Park football field from the recent huge wave surges that have occurred in Ngatangiia and Titikaveka. It was very pleasing to see that the debris was being cleared with the assistance of the ICI team. Well done.

Kata: Potatoe Fries

LETTERS: Lost in the mountains

Dear Editor, glad to read that the two persons who got lost up in the highlands did indeed get out safely the next day and without too much drama for the Police, and Search and Rescue.

Kata: Petrol

LETTERS: ‘We need competition’

Dear Editor, speaking as someone who has been to the Cooks 20 plus times, including a few weeks ago, it currently costs me US$698 (about NZ$1126) to fly return Seattle to Tahiti on the new Air Tahiti Nui nonstop.

Kata: New Sport

OPINION: Combining disease surveillance and climate modelling to pre-empt future pandemics

Within less than three years, the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared two public health emergencies of international concern: Covid-19 in February 2020 and monkeypox in July 2022. At the same time, extreme weather events are being reported continuously across the world and are expected to become more frequent and intense, writes Arindam Basu, Associate Professor, Epidemiology and Environmental Health, University of Canterbury.